With the needs of this area defined, came an opportunity to enhance the development of the children of Trujillo. Thus was born a ministry that began in late 1991 operating under the umbrella of a not-for-profit Honduran corporation. The corporation goes under the name ASOCRIDE, "Asociacion Cristiana de Desarollo", or "Association for Christian Development". The vision began with a basis in Christian education and spiritual training. With this principle foremost, the initial effort was directed at the establishment of an elementary school. The first class was started in February 1992 with some forty children. This class of pre-kindergarten children was officially recognized by the Honduran school system as "Jardin de Ninos" or "the Garden of Children", and was the first step in a dream to establish a full curriculum, bilingual school. Bible and English classes are provided on a daily basis to children in kindergarten through eighth grade.

The children in the school are selected on the basis of need, with a major stated objective to provide schooling for those who would otherwise receive none. Each of the children is provided a uniform, shoes and needed school supplies. The school has an administrator, director, teachers for all grades kindergarten through 6, and Honduran authorities certify the school and curriculum.

In 1992 the Slidell church of Christ began a work in Trujillo, Honduras that has become known as the Trujillo Christian School. Over the ensuing years, the school has grown to kindergarten through 7th grade and last year had a total of 257 students and a staff of 13 teachers, administrators, and support persons. Thanks to generous sponsors like you, the school has grown and prospered.

Hurricane Katrina had a devastating effect upon the Slidell congregation. Approximately one-third of the families lost everything in the hurricane and flood, and almost everyone had some degree of damage. The church building suffered some damage, but did not flood and will be repaired. As many as one-half of the Slidell members appear to have relocated and may not return. Unfortunately, the Trujillo Christian School was endangered by a hurricane that struck a thousand miles away.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the elders of the Slidell church approached the elders of the Goodwood Boulevard Church of Christ in Baton Rouge. Slidell asked Goodwood to take over operational control of the Trujillo Christian School and also the oversight of the sponsorship of 2 full-time ministers and one part-time minister in the Trujillo area. Goodwood became the focus of the relief efforts of the Churches of Christ in Louisiana and the western Mississippi coast. Goodwood agreed to sustain the work in Trujillo for the short term.

Goodwood Boulevard subsequently reached out to the West Metro Church of Christ in Hiram, Georgia, a congregation with ties to the congregations in Slidell and Goodwood and the work in Trujillo. After meeting with the elders at Slidell, West Metro agreed to assume the oversight of the Trujillo Christian School, effective January 2006.

West Metro, Slidell, and Goodwood agree that the work in Trujillo is important and must be sustained. While West Metro will assume direct oversight, Slidell and its members, including those who have relocated, will continue to have input into the future of the school. West Metro and Goodwood will be coordinating the overall evangelistic efforts in the Trujillo community and seek ways to better integrate the two works.